Dutch State unjustly held accountable for Srebrenica massacre, Advocate General says
5 years, 11 months ago

Dutch State unjustly held accountable for Srebrenica massacre, Advocate General says

NL Times  

A ruling by the court in The Hague that held the Dutch State partly accountable for the death of around 300 Muslim men after the fall of Bosnian Muslim enclave Srebrenica in 1995, is unjust, the Advocate General said in advice to the Supreme Court. According to the advocate General, Dutch UN battalion Dutchbat can not be held liable for the death of the Muslim men, NU.nl reports. This case is with the Supreme Court, the highest court in the Netherlands, after the Dutch State appealed against the court in The Hague's ruling that Dutchbat acted unlawfully. The Advocate General agrees: "The court made an incomprehensible ruling by deciding that Dutchbat acted unlawfully by forming a lock to the buses during the evacuation."

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Court rules Dutch state liable for 2007 Afghan bombing
2 years, 1 month ago

Court rules Dutch state liable for 2007 Afghan bombing

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A local court in the Netherlands ruled on Wednesday that Dutch forces unlawfully bombed a residential complex in Afghanistan in 2007, and ordered the state to pay financial compensation to the victims. The court sided with four survivors of the attack who brought a civil suit against the Dutch state for compensation. The defense ministry argued …

Netherlands apologises to relatives of victims of Srebrenica massacre
2 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands apologises to relatives of victims of Srebrenica massacre

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has formally apologised to relatives of victims of the Srebrenica massacre, 27 years after some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were murdered by Bosnian forces in a UN enclave guarded by Dutch troops. ‘We cannot take your pain away, but what we can do is look history straight in the eye.’ Fifty victims of the massacre, some of …

Netherlands apologises to relatives of victims of Srebrenica massacre
2 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands apologises to relatives of victims of Srebrenica massacre

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has formally apologised to relatives of victims of the Srebrenica massacre, 27 years after some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were murdered by Bosnian forces in a UN enclave guarded by Dutch troops. ‘We cannot take your pain away, but what we can do is look history straight in the eye.’ Fifty victims of the massacre, some of …

Netherlands offers "deepest apologies" for Srebrenica massacre
2 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands offers "deepest apologies" for Srebrenica massacre

NL Times  

The Dutch government offered its "deepest apologies" to the relatives of the thousands of Muslim men and boys massacred in Srebrenica in 1995. "The international community failed to protect the people of Srebrenica," Ollongren said. "As part of this community, the Dutch government shares political responsibility for the situation in which this failure could have happened." Ollongren can't imagine the …

Srebrenica genocide commemorated in The Hague
3 years, 6 months ago

Srebrenica genocide commemorated in The Hague

NL Times  

The mass murder that took place in Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina 26 years ago will be commemorated on Sunday in The Hauge. The massacre that took place in Srebrenica is considered the most serious war crime in Europe after World War II and is also a painful episode in Dutch history. Dutch soldiers from Dutchbat, a Dutch battalion in …

Life sentence upheld for Srebrenica genocide war criminal Mladic
3 years, 7 months ago

Life sentence upheld for Srebrenica genocide war criminal Mladic

NL Times  

The UN War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague upheld the life sentence of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in which 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed. Mladic’s appeal against the convictions for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity over the 1992-1995 Bosnian War was rejected. “The appeals chamber affirmed the sentence …

Dutch police at fault in mall mass shooting where 6 were killed: Supreme Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Dutch police at fault in mall mass shooting where 6 were killed: Supreme Court

NL Times  

The police are liable for damages sustained during a mass shooting in the Ridderhof shopping center in Alphen aan den Rijn in 2011, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday. The authorities knew that gunman Tristan van der V. had psychological problems before he was issued a firearm permit, and he therefore should never have gotten that permit, the Supreme Court …

Dutch State less responsible for Srebrenica in Supreme Court ruling
5 years, 5 months ago

Dutch State less responsible for Srebrenica in Supreme Court ruling

NL Times  

On Friday the Supreme Court held the Dutch State liable for the events that followed the fall of Bosnian enclave Srebrenica in 2015, but to a lesser extent than the court in The Hague did in a previous ruling. The court previously ruled that the surviving relatives could claim 30 percent of damages suffered from the State. When this case …

Netherlands has ‘very limited liability’ for Srebrenica deaths
5 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands has ‘very limited liability’ for Srebrenica deaths

Al Jazeera  

Dutch Supreme Court lowers liability of the Dutch state in the massacre of 350 Bosniaks during Srebrenica genocide. The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld the partial liability of the Netherlands for the deaths of around 350 Bosniak Muslims in Srebrenica, who were expelled from a United Nations base and subsequently murdered by Serb forces in the July 1995 genocide. “The …

Dutchbat veterans to sue Dutch State for damages over Srebrenica
5 years, 6 months ago

Dutchbat veterans to sue Dutch State for damages over Srebrenica

NL Times  

A group of Dutchbat veterans who were at the fall of Srebrenica in 1995 are going to sue the Dutch State for sending the soldiers on an "impossible mission". But because Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld wanted to conduct additional research into the problems the veterans faced, the claim was suspended. According to the lawyer, Dutchbat 3 has been held responsible …

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